Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-15

| The crash OF ths falnng OrluSe anu CARS
was heard for some distance and the in
| habitants hocked to the scene. The hre
department was also ON the scene almost
Immediately and prevented the crownlng
| horror of cremation. Doctors and amou-
lances were sent for in every direction and
many soon arrived. Their services were
put in execution at once as the dead and
wounded were taken out. Most OF the
dead and those of the injured who are able
to be moved were sent to Roslindale OF
| Dedham.
TERRIBLE FATE OF THE CONDUCTOR.
The train was in charge of Conductor
| Tilden, who met a terrible death. be was
found on the bank with one leg literally
torn off: his abdomen separated and bowels
prOtrudinp. He was also otherwise badly
manuled. He died few minutes after
being found. 4 mounted policeman Is
also reported killed.
The Globes extra accident edition says:
Eleven persons are known to be dead. SIX
of these were young girls going to work
Over thirty persons are seriously Injured,
MANY of them fatally and some lying now
in terrible agony. Conductor Myron Til
den was killed on the spot. Assistant
Conductor Drake is dying of his injuries
Sergeant Naylor, OF the West RoXbnry
division Of police, was killed. On last
Saturday he renewed $1,000 policy on
his life. Alice Burnett ROslindale was
killed. Gerge Lord is badly injured;
Webster Drake is seriously injured; +. >.
Harvey badly bruised.
SIX GIRLS AMONG THE SLAIN.
Drs. Shaw, Dixon, Noyes, DeBlOis, Hub
bard and Tarbell were summoned to the
scene of the accident. DR.. Noyes describes
the scene as frightful in the extreme.
When he mentioned the fact Of the SIX
dead girls being found lying in their own
blood the strong man cried. lie could
give no names. The bodies of the dead
were left and the injured cared for. Some
were taken to the Massachusetts,, others
to the City Hospital and some home.
The excitement at the Providence depot
is intense. Crowds are standing,
eagerly waiting for news. All are
inuuiring tor relatives or friends. En-
ployes were asking for their employees.
BRYAN and NOrcrOss were looking for some
of their girls from Dedham. The wrecked
train is one over the West ROXbury
branch, and the scene of the accident is
third of a mile above Forest Hill station.
The only cause rs far as known is that the
bridge gave way. There we're nine passen-
gers on the train, all heavily loaded Six
ears went through the bridge. w. l..
White was engineer and W. II. Alden the
conductor. Officer NaylOr, Of Division ii,
was one of the killed by the accident.
Frank Irving said when he came along
OH the next train after the accident he saw
II dead bodies lying near the track.
The wounded will number very great
many, and most of them are fatally in
iured One car caught fire, but was eX-
tinguiShed before any damage was done.
Wrecking trains and large number of
surgeons and policemen are ut the scene.
THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
The facts as far rs known at the present
time are rs follows: As the Denham branch
train, which leaves Dedham at 7:O5 and
which arrives in Boston at 1:4O reached the
bridge. the three rear cars were in some
way thrown from the track and piled
prOmiscuouSly down the embankment
which Mt this point was - or b feet high.
This bridge crosses the marsh which lies
between Forest Hill Station and RoSlindale
and is approached on either side hy EN-
bankments were filed in when the road
WAS constructed.
The train is one of the largest and heay-
lest on the morning list. This morning as
usual the train was heavily loaded and the
three last cars, the ones that left the track,
were filled with passengers who had taken
the train at Dedham and the stations
intervening between there and Forest
Hills.
As soon as the accident occurred word
was sent to the nearest station, and from
there the superintendent of the road was
notified by telegraph and messengers sun
moning surgeons and assistance were sent
out on horseback. Surgeons were at once
i'll attendance and the wants Of those pas
sengerS who were injured received prompt
attention.
In the meantime force Of men set to
work to releave those who were pinned
under the wreck and wrecking train was
made up and at once sent to the scene.
One hundred aud fifty mattresses were oh
tanned at the City Hospital and forwarded
by special train, which also carried large
number OF surgeons, together with friends
OF the passengers.
CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF THE TR AGEDY.
A gentleman who left the scene at nine
O'Clock said that when he left some twenty
bodies had been taken Opt, and that two Of
the persons who had been injured and been
removed To the City Hospital had died at
| tel reaching it from the effects of their in
| iuries. The number of persons injured
was very large. The bridge where the
accident occurred was one over South State
street, and the gentleman says that the
accident was due to the giving way of the
structure under thehvcght OF the train,
owing doubtless, to some hidden fault in
the construction or the material used.
The news spread like wild-fire, and pco-
pie thronged to the scene by thousands. In
short time the place was crowded with
people.
The HcrdId's noon edition says: Reports
from the accident are varied. Some of
them are of the most horrifying character.
One report states that twenty-five persons
| have been killed outright and large num-
her injured. Another report says nineteen
| bodies have been taken from the wreck.
One man who arrived in Boston at 10 a.
m. said he counted fifteen bodies beside
the wreck. Still another, and the most
startling of all, says twenty-seven persons
have lost their lives by the accident and
that a large number are seriously injured.
A dispatch from reporter at 1850 a. III
states that twenty-three persons are lying
dead Mt Roslindale.
The accident is attributed to several
causes, but it is now stated that it was
caused by q truck under one OF the cars
becoming detached and striking against
the abutment of the bridge.
Twenty-Seven Victims Identified.
RnSTOS- March l4-Wm. Smith and